Yoonshin was born in South Korea but has lived here in NYC and Boston. studying for the last six years. Thanks to our neighbors, Roxanne and Tom and Cindy and Matt, Yoonshin was well cared for as we traveled north of Seattle last weekend for a dear friend's wedding, so we missed her preliminary round performance.
Good news though...found out Wednesday night that she made the cut from 40 to 16 in the semi-final round! We leave in just a few minutes for her semi-final performance and as I write this....beautiful notes are lilting through our condo! As I was fixing us dinner last night...she was gracing our lives with the most beautiful music...and I said to Ted..."How cool is this?" We go to sleep at night with this lullaby music in our ears.
We have learned so much about the world of top level violin competition...not the least of which is that our condo must be at 78 degrees for the violin to be "most happy" and Yoonshin's fingers to dance across the strings. So Miss Hot Flash has had to find ways to stay cool! Yoonshin is relentless...she eats, sleeps and plays the violin, stopping only briefly to talk with us at meals. It's quite incredible to understand that she has been living this life since she was 3 or 4 years old.
So be sure to go to www.violin.org where you can watch Yoonshin's performance by clicking on "Hear 2010 Archived Performances" and where they will announce the six finalists Monday night at 11 pm!
Here's to you Yoonshin! Our favorite to win for sure!
